Collie Central shopping centre is located on the North side of the train line within Shire of Collie Town Centre.

Collie Central is anchored by Woolworths and 7 specialty stores. Collie is located 205km from Perth in the South West of Western Australia, only 45 minutes East of Bunbury and has a population of approximately 8,600.

he “Feddy”, as the locals call it, is only a short 5 minute stroll from the Collie town centre. Our heritage-style hotel offers great food, tidy accommodation, and the friendliest service in the south-west of Western Australia.

Drop by for our famous “Sunday Session” with live entertainment!

lunch and dinner 7 days a week

clean, affordable accommodation

outdoor beer garden

space for large functions

wheelchair friendly

If you’re planning to stay in Collie or just want to enjoy a good meal and a drink, come and visit us at the Federal Hotel Collie. We look forward to seeing you!

When you enter Harris River Estate, you enter into a world that will stimulate your senses on every level. From the taste of our classic and funky wines, to the breathtaking views from our homely rustic cellar door, to the sound of friends and families, chatting, laughing and just enjoying ‘being’ in the unique environment of Harris River Estate.

Set in Collie in the Golden South West of Western Australia, mother nature has dealt us a rich hand. We work with and honour the seasons and all that they bring to us.

According to the book, “One Day in Collie”, the Colliefields Hotel was the first hotel to be built in Collie and was established by Mr Tom Carrig. It was originally “built on the wrong site and consisted of a small iron and weatherboard construction, adequate only for the erection of a bar and for dispensing drinks, but containing what was regarded as a necessary accompaniment to a hotel – a billiard table.” We have been told by the WA Heritage Commission that the hotel was started in the tent across the road from the current site, we assume while they were building the original hotel building. We’re still learning the history of what was a grand old building and if you have any information or pictures of the hotel, we’d love to see them and learn more.

“One Day in Collie” states that, “The first ‘civic’ meeting was an impromptu affair in 1897. Mr Tom Carrig, sitting outside his tent watching the two carpenters who were constructing his hotel ‘The Colliefields’, no doubt in pensive mood, called to order a meeting of the ‘First Progress Association’. Tom outlined his progressive ideas – one of the carpenters moved a proposition accordingly, unanimously.” It goes on later to say that “The first civic institution initiated and operated as a local body was the Coalfield Progress Committee. It began on a more official premise than Tom Carrig’s earlier motivations, but was noticeably held at the same venue, the Colliefields Hotel. A public meeting held there in 1898 determined that a body of twelve persons should be elected to make up the Committee, with eighteen nominations immediately submitted.”

The hotel has played a strong role in Collie’s history and many other firsts, originated at or from outside the front of the Colliefields. For instance, the first recorded meeting of the Salvation Army was held outside the Colliefields Hotel in 1897.

The hotel was expanded as seen in this picture of the hotel while under the management of Mr F.W. Crowe.

On March 25 1902 there was a disastrous fire, which razed the building to the ground. Mr A Krakouer was the lessee at the time. According to The West Australian, the hotel “was the first structure of any pretensions to be erected in the town.” and “Had it not been that there was no wind at the time, nothing would have prevented the adjoining block of buildings from being totally destroyed.”
The new building was magnificent as you can see from this picture, which is of the first hunt meeting outside the Colliefields Hotel.

We have been told that some of the ballustrading was only sold about two years prior to our renovations commencing. Do you know where it is? We’d love to be able to get even a small piece of it or a cast of it as we are hoping to reinstate these balconies in future stages of our renovations.

Destruction between the Crown and the Colliefields

On the Saturday evening of May 22 1909, at Smith’s Tailoring establishment, an even worse fire struck Throssell Street. The West Australian printed that “Owing to the poor pressure of water, the brigade was unable to stay the progress of the fire, which in less than an hour destroyed the building in which it had originated and also the five adjoining shops, occupied by G.W. Hartley, grocer; C. F. Bond, chemist; R. Waters, baker and confectioner; Glariss, fishmonger; and E. Reynoldson, furniture dealer and ironmonger.”

The article goes on to say that “In the meantime, the next shops, occupied by E. Watts, newsagent, and the Ezywalkin Boot Company, were pulled down to prevent the fire spreading further.” This picture shows the side of the Colliefields Hotel, with all the buildings between it and the Crown totally destroyed.